The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), on Saturday advised Nigerians to maintain proper hygiene to curtail the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country.
Its National President, Mrs Gloria Shoda, gave the advice in a statement in Abuja as the virus continued to ravage the world.
She also advised Nigerians to maintained social distance as recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
She said that maintaining social distance had become imperative as part of measures to curtail further spread of the virus in the country.
According to her, “maintaining distance and avoiding gathering are some of the ways to stem the spread of the virus.
“Maintaining distance from friends and family members and avoiding social gathering does not mean any negative feeling but to prevent the spread of the virus,”she said.
Shoda said that the information from affected countries and experts showed that personal and environmental hygiene alone were not enough to prevent the virus.
Shoda said that the effort to curb further spread of the Coronavirus had become everybody’s business.
She said People, especially from states that already have suspected and confirmed cases of the virus should avoid handshake, hugging, and large gathering at the moment in their interests.
” We should all learn to improve on our personal and environmental hygiene.
“I am also calling on women who are wives and mother to ensure their families abide by the rules to stay alive.
”We should ensure that our family members wash hands as many times as possible and followed strick the rules as recommended by the WHO , ” she said.
She urged the public to report any person exhibiting symptoms suspected to be of COVID-19 to the nearest response teams set up by the government for prompt action.(NAN)
